Legislation on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Women’s Awakening Phase: A Comparative Study Between China and Europe Countries
Abstract
The discussion over women’s rights and gender violence has gotten more attention after the Tangshan attack in China. The harsh physical violence the female victims sustained and the social debates about how women could protect themselves caused concern about the legislation in China protecting women’s rights, as well as other countries’ constitutions. Therefore, this study focuses on comparing information on the legislation and historical women’s awakening phase between China and Europe countries, by using the comparative research and historical research. Aiming to find out the awakening phases of having equality in China and Europe countries, and how legislation protects their female citizens. The study enumerates the legislation defending the rights of women and history of when they awakened, as the impact, the possible development for women’s rights legislation in the future. The results of this analysis show that women’s movements began in the 20th century and peaked in both China and Europe, women intended to achieve more equality and fairness in all domains as they have come to understand their value and place in society. At the same time, the historical comparison provides the results that China’s women are awakening mostly through group activism and political advocacy, whereas Europe’s women are awakening primarily through sizable women’s awakening movements. Hence, even though women still encounter unfair treatment in some underdeveloped places that are less influenced by these movements and legislation, women should keep working toward achieving equality to completely defend their rights. The forms of equality between men and women would then become clear, and able to achieve a better social system.
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